vante

See also: vanté and vaňte

Danish

Noun

vante c (definite singular vanten, indefinite plural vanter, definite plural vanterne)

  1. a mitten (type of glove)

Descendants

  • Norwegian Bokmål: vante
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: vante

Adjective

vante

  1. definite singular/plural of vant

References

French

Verb

vante

  1. inflection of vanter:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Danish vante, from Old Norse vantr.

Noun

vante m (definite singular vanten, indefinite plural vanter, definite plural vantene)

  1. a glove (item of clothing)
Descendants
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vante

Etymology 2

Adjective

vante

  1. definite singular/plural of vant

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål vante, from Danish vante, from Old Norse vantr. Doublet of vott.

Noun

vante m (definite singular vanten, indefinite plural vantar, definite plural vantane)

  1. a glove
    Synonym: hanske

Verb

vante (present tense vantar, past tense vanta, past participle vanta, passive infinitive vantast, present participle vantande, imperative vante/vant)

  1. alternative form of vanta

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish wante, from Old Norse vǫttr, from Proto-Germanic *wantuz, from Proto-Indo-European *wondʰnú- (glove), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (to wind, wrap).

See also Dutch want (mitten)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²van.tɛ/

Noun

vante c

  1. a (usually knitted or made of cloth) garment worn on the hands for warmth (or to protect against heat, in the case of an oven mitt)
    1. a mitten (tumvante)
    2. a glove (fingervante)
    3. an oven mitt, an oven glove (grillvante (for grilling) or grytvante (generally))

Usage notes

A glove made from sturdier material like leather (or rubber or the like) is a handske.

Declension

Declension of vante
nominative genitive
singular indefinite vante vantes
definite vanten vantens
plural indefinite vantar vantars
definite vantarna vantarnas

Derived terms

See also

References

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